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Like its predecessors, Kenny G's Breathless is a collection of tuneful, easy-listening instrumentals baited with a couple of pop-soul vocal numbers. This album is built on Kenny G's most obvious strengths: his knack for writing hummable pop hooks and his ability to play those radio-friendly melodies in a breathy, fluid style that invites the listener to lie back and relax. When it comes to background music that's slightly catchier and peppier than most new age music, Kenny G is a master of his genre. The titles of Kenny G's instrumentals on are a good clue to his approach: "Sentimental", "The Joy of Life", "Forever in Love" and "The Wedding Song". Sentimental, in the sense of simplifying life to a set of comfortable feelings, is a good adjective for Kenny G's music, for even his wordless instrumentals push the listener's warm glow buttons while ignoring anything more complicated. The saxophonist himself programmed many of the drum, bass and keyboard parts on Breathless, contributing to the sense that everything's running on autopilot. --Geoffrey Himes
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Soaring soprano sax from Bill Clinton's favorite sax player, and America's, too! The hit release that's been atop the charts the entire year.
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THIS ALBUM AND THE MOMENT ARE MY FAVORITES OF KENNY G OTHER THAN FAITH AND MIRACLES. THERE ARE ONLY A COUPLE OF SONGS THAT I DON'T THINK ARE GREAT, WHICH IS WHY I GAVE IT 4 STARS INSTEAD OF 5.
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I've never been able to comprehend the popularity of Kenny G, as well as his label as a "Jazz Musician". About the closest association I can make with Kenny G and Jazz is the fact that his mind numbing music is played predominately on a soprano sax. If I had to put a genre on his music, I'd have to lean towards soft rock or easy listening, i.e. the fast food of the music industry. And Kenny-boy is truely the super-sized version of it all.
People can call this good music and enjoy it all they want. I'm not going to tell you want you can listen to. But please, please, stop insulting the jazz genre and it's great history by lumping in Kenny G. If you want good jazz go find some Coltrane, Miles Davis, or Charlie Parker for starters. You don't have to be a so-called purist to enjoy the good stuff that's been around.
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When searching for an album with the perfect blend of instrumental classics and hip, on the edge musicianship, you'll never go wrong with the saxophone sultan himself, Kenny G...
Breathless is a great attempt at trying cutting edge music formulas basically by himself. Kenny outdoes himself in such tunes as "Homeland" and "By the Time this Night is Over". Kenny's instrumentals of "Sentimental" and "The Joy of Life" will flat out knock your socks off. His musical wizardry and brute talent shows itself throughout Breathless. You'll love Kenny on his masterous sax as he can easily either bring down the house with his incredible volume or rock a baby to sleep with his mellow tones of saxophone harmony. You can't go wrong with Breathless by Kenny G.
Breathless is a great attempt at trying cutting edge music formulas basically by himself. Kenny outdoes himself in such tunes as "Homeland" and "By the Time this Night is Over". Kenny's instrumentals of "Sentimental" and "The Joy of Life" will flat out knock your socks off. His musical wizardry and brute talent shows itself throughout Breathless. You'll love Kenny on his masterous sax as he can easily either bring down the house with his incredible volume or rock a baby to sleep with his mellow tones of saxophone harmony. You can't go wrong with Breathless by Kenny G.
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Riffs Of Blinding Complexity...
This is without a doubt The Greatest Record Of All Time...
Published on Jan 14 2004 by Ferrara Brain Pan
4.0 out of 5 stars
His last good album
I recently bought this album for [$$$] last week and was pretty anxious to listen to it. I was surprised to hear songs such as "forever in love" and "by the time this night is... Read more
Published on July 14 2003 by Russell Nielsen
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great romantic CD
This is the kind of CD you would play while relaxing in a candlelit bath, or while having a romantic dinner. Read more
Published on May 10 2003 by Saxophonist
5.0 out of 5 stars
Beautiful, heartfelt music
I used to be the kind of person who would simply hate this guy and his music because everyone else did, boy was I in for a surprise. Read more
Published on Mar 27 2003 by Derek Furr
5.0 out of 5 stars
Weather Channel Music
That's right, if you think back REALLY hard to about the year this album was released (1992), The Weather Channel used "The Joy of Life", "Forever in Love", and... Read more
Published on Dec 6 2002 by Shaun Daugherty
5.0 out of 5 stars
Weather Channel Music
That's right, if you think back REALLY hard to about the year this album was released (1992), The Weather Channel used "The Joy of Life", "Forever in Love", and... Read more
Published on Dec 6 2002 by Shaun Daugherty
4.0 out of 5 stars
nice water pipe, kenny
Ever notice in the soap operas when the couples want to "get it on" they play Kenny G ? Exactly how many soap opera babies is his tooting responsible for producing? Read more
Published on Nov 22 2002 by no worries
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Music!
It is completely incomprehensible to me that this album would only have a 3 star average rating! I don't even agree that it is the "jazz purists" who are panning it. Read more
Published on Jun 19 2002 by M. L Strickland
5.0 out of 5 stars
miles davis's brother
wonderful.....absolutely wonderful....no one should ever listen to music for the science of it....that is utterly ridiculous... Read more
Published on April 2 2002
1.0 out of 5 stars
Disgusting.
I used to think kenny g was funny, just because he has hardly any musical knowledge or talent at all. Read more
Published on Mar 29 2002 by Cakie McLog
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